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Back from Rio, 1959

Work

Back from Rio

Date 1959
Media
Sheet metal, rod, and paint
Dimensions
5'7 1⁄2" × 4'6" × 12'
Collection
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; In honor of William H. Brown, Jr., 1967
Monumental Sculpture, Standing Mobile
Historical Photos  1
Southern Cross (1963)
Calder with Southern Cross (1963) and Back from Rio (1959), Roxbury, c. 1963Photograph by Herb Weitman © Herb Weitman, St. Louis
Calder with Southern Cross (1963) and Back from Rio (1959), Roxbury, c. 1963
Photograph by Herb Weitman
Featured Text  1
Calder’s International Monuments by Robert Osborn

Osborn, Robert. “Calder’s International Monuments.” Art in America, vol. 57, no. 2 (March–April 1969).

Magazine
Archive
Works / Monumental Sculpture 216
Slender Legs (1959)
Slender Legs, 1959
The Y (1960)
The Y, 1960
The Tree (1960)
The Tree, 1960
The City (1960)
The City, 1960
Works / Standing Mobile 266
The Snow Flake Tree (1960)
The Snow Flake Tree, 1960
The Mountain (1960)
The Mountain, 1960
Red Disc, White Dots on Black (1960)
Red Disc, White Dots on Black, 1960
Southern Cross (maquette) (1960)
Southern Cross (maquette), 1960
Related Timeline
1953–1962
1953–1962 Large-scale Developments and Intercontinental Projects

During a yearlong stay in Aix-en-Provence, Calder executed the first group of large-scale outdoor works and concurrently concentrated on painting gouaches. In 1954–55, he visited the Middle East, India, and South America, with trips to Paris in between, resulting in an astonishing output and range of work. Toward the late 1950s, Calder turned his attention to commissions both at home and abroad.